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Formation of Al2O3 grains with different sizes and morphologies during the pulse electric current sintering process

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 January 2011

S. W. Wang ,
L. D. Chen ,
T. Hirai  and
Jingkun Guo
S. W. Wang
Affiliation:
Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200050, China
L. D. Chen
Affiliation:
Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200050, China
T. Hirai
Affiliation:
Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University, Sendai 980–8577, Japan
Jingkun Guo
Affiliation:
Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200050, China
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Abstract

Commercial micrometer Al2O3 powder was sintered at 1550 °C under a mechanical pressure of 30 MPa by pulse electric current sintering (PECS). Microstructure observation was performed on polished, thermal-etched cross sections parallel to the direction of mechanical pressure. Platelike Al2O3 grains formed when the powder was heated at a heating rate of 5 °C/min, while a heating rate of 200 °C/min resulted in equiaxed grains. These results indicated that PECS is an effective approach to hinder grain growth by application of a higher heating rate. However, Al2O3 grains at the upper edge were larger than those at the side edge of the samples in both cases. It implied that there were different temperatures at the upper edge and the side edge of the Al2O3 powder compacts during the PECS process.

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Journal of Materials Research , Volume 16 , Issue 12 , December 2001 , pp. 3514 - 3517
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2001

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